Topic - Michael Goodman

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Media, Communications, Internet

Universal, Qualcomm Make Mobile Music

The world’s largest music label takes mobile matters into its own hands, bypassing the carriers and selling ring tones direct to consumers.
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Computers, Media, Communications, Internet

Atlantic Records Inks Mobile Deal with Kadoink

Faced with declining CD sales music label attempts to tap the mobile market via startup. The two will promote singer Jason Mraz via SMS.
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Computers, Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

Amazon to Buy Audible for $300M

Web retailer adds format flexibility as both content and distribution of books, music, and movies becomes more digitized.
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General news, Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

Analyst: Labels, Embrace Ad Supported-Music

The music recording industry faced another grim quarter of CD sales, but an analyst suggests embracing ad models to claw back.
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Computers, General news, Media, Communications

Amazon, Warner Rock MP3s

Warner Music Group becomes one of the last of the major labels to give in amid an industry slowly caving on digital restrictions.
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Computers, Media, Communications, Internet

Kadoink Links Social Nets and Cell Phones

The much-ballyhooed marriage between cell phone and social network has so far been a bust. Can startup Kadoink fuse the two and bring some life back to the dying music industry?
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Media, Internet

Google May Sing iTunes’ Song

While an online music store might be a natural step for Google, it would be encroaching on Apple’s well-protected turf.
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General news, Media

Virgin Opens Digital Store

The US and UK music retailer will try to move its brick-and-mortar customers online.